On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 3:37 PM Ricky Teachey <ri...@teachey.org> wrote:
> You say a soft keyword isn't an option and I understand why, but what > about one that is incredibly unlikely to have been used very often? I'm > thinking of just a simple double underscore: > > >>> a = __ > >>> a > 'a' > > This would be a breaking change, but surely __ is not in widespread > use...? And I think it looks a bit of alright. > > >>> Point = NamedTuple(__, "x y") > > --- > Ricky. > > "I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home > or actually going home." - Happy Chandler > > IIRC those implementing pattern matching want to use `__` as literally a non-binding name. They can't use `_` as is done in some other languages as that name is used with some regularity by python modules. Regards, ~ Jeremiah
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